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Bellerophon jeffersonensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon jeffersonensis was named by Weller (1906). It is not extant. Its type locality is Goetz's Lime Quarry, just below Glen Park Station, which is in a Kinderhookian carbonate limestone in the Glen Park Formation of Missouri.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Bellerophon jeffersonensis Weller
1953Bellerophon jeffersonensis Hyde p. 321
2023Bellerophon jeffersonensis Wagner p. 4057

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyBellerophontinae
genusBellerophon
speciesjeffersonensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available